After the success of Innocent Witness earlier this year, a new court story makes its way into theaters this week with Juror 8, a based-on-a-true-story account of Korea’s first ever trial by jury. From debut director HONG Seung-wan, the film is headlined by MOON So-ri and PARK Hyung-sik.

In 2008, Korea staged its first ever trial by jury. This landmark event in Korean judicial history received massive media attention at the time as eight jurors were randomly called up to determine a case of matricide. While the judge awaits an expected guilty verdict, owing to the massive corroborative evidence in the case, this jury begins to raise questions that had until then never been heard in a Korean court before. Among these jurors, the tenacious young man Nam-woo begins to play a larger role.